{"id":332,"date":"2008-04-18T11:03:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T15:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/332"},"modified":"2008-04-18T11:03:16","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T15:03:16","slug":"purple-hair-and-other-attributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/332","title":{"rendered":"Purple hair and other attributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our Drake theme- this time, emphasizing UFO hair &#8211; color, if not length: Charlie Stross (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAtrocity-Archives-Charles-Stross%2Fdp%2F1930846258%2F&amp;tag=hawkdog-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">who&#8217;s heard<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Atrocity_Exhibition\">J. G. Ballard<\/a>) writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antipope.org\/charlie\/blog-static\/2008\/04\/preemptive_alert.html\">a post<\/a> explaining how much control an author has over the way their book is published (especially, in this case, influence over cover art).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unless we&#8217;re talking about the small press or self-publishing, the answer is &#8220;zip&#8221;. The author is responsible for writing and delivering the contents of the book and, optionally, additional material such as a dedication and acknowledgements. But the way their manuscript \u2014 a typescript, typically prepared in accordance with the ancient and established Rules \u2014 is turned into a book is entirely up to the publisher.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why would he feel that it was important to say this? Behold the US cover for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0441015948%2F&amp;tag=hawkdog-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">his latest<\/a> &#8211; due for a July release:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0441015948%2F&amp;tag=hawkdog-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fexec%2Fobidos%2FASIN%2F0441015948%2F&amp;tag=hawkdog-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51SdYoZS7KL._SS500_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*<\/p>\n<p>As an aside &#8211; what better place for the immobile enhanced breast meme than in a CGI portrait&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our Drake theme- this time, emphasizing UFO hair &#8211; color, if not length: Charlie Stross (who&#8217;s heard of J. 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